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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It was a great pleasure to have you as my guest for the season finale! Thank you a lot Pat! 😄

Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎵🗣️ Are music and language two sides of the same coin? In the Season 1 finale of Acoustic World, we explore how similar and different their are, and what they reveal about humans and animals. 🎧 Watch/listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5o0f... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #music

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Music and Language: two faces of the same coin? - Patrick Savage

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎶 The Season 1 finale of Acoustic World is here! 👶🏻 A lullaby sung to a baby, or a sentence whispered in the dark. We call one music and the other language. But how different are they, really? In this final episode, I speak with @patrickesavage.bsky.social about their deep connections.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎵🗣️ Are music and language **two sides of the same coin**? In the Season 1 finale of *Acoustic World*, we explore how they evolve across cultures—and what they can tell us about being human. 🎧 Watch/listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5o0f... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #music

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Music and Language: two faces of the same coin? - Patrick Savage

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mhoeschele.bsky.social @mhoeschele.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Our book, "Nature Beats" is finally out. It talks all about how we can study rhythm across species and what that can tell us about the evolution of music. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🎤 Assistant Professor Michelle Spierings of Leiden University is ready to help us understand "the hidden rules of sound," uncovering how the brain organizes acoustic signals into structures before meaning and communication even begin. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Because the world has always spoken. We just need to listen. 🎧 Follow the echoes and discover the hidden acoustic world of the deep sea. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Spreaker: open.spotify.com/episode/1HsA... #AcousticWorld #Bioacoustics #Podcast #Echo #MarineMammals

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Following the echoes - Natacha Aguilar de Soto

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🐋 What happens when you live where there's no light at all? Professor Natacha Aguilar de Soto of @megamargroup.bsky.social takes us into the deep ocean to explore how deep-diving cetaceans use echolocation to navigate, hunt, and survive, and how we are interfering with these remarkable adaptations.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🎤 Discover how dolphins' remarkable vocal flexibility shapes their social lives beneath the waves—and what it teaches us about cognition and communication. Because the world has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen now open.spotify.com/episode/6R3n... #bioacoustics #podcast #dolphins

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Names in the ocean - Vincent Janik

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🐬 A whistle in the vastness of the ocean, searching for someone specific. Have you ever wondered whether dolphins actually call each other by name? Professor Vincent Janik from the University of St Andrews explores signature whistles and what they reveal about dolphin societies. 🧵👇

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mhoeschele.bsky.social @mhoeschele.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

What drives the attractiveness of different timbres? Both similarity with conspecific vocalization and universal markers of arousal may play a role. In other words: biological aspects of the voice, its structure, and how emotional sounds get produced. online.ucpress.edu/mp/article/d...

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Nicolas Mathevon @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne is a finalist for the Coller-Dolittle Awards! 🏆 Register below 👇 to watch the ceremony live. #bioacoustics

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🔊 Discover how these hidden communications help coordinate movement and how studying them in zoos can improve elephant welfare. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Spreaker & Apple Podcasts. #Elephants #AnimalCommunication #Infrasound #WildlifeScience #Podcast #Conservation open.spotify.com/episode/6AH6...

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Beneath the elephant’s feet - Angela Stöger

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🐘 Ever heard an elephant’s rumble across the savannah? What if we told you that’s only part of the story? 🎤 Prof. @angelastoeger.bsky.social explains how elephants use infrasound, low-frequency signals humans can’t hear, their secret language to stay connected across vast distances.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New paper in @pnas.org - using playback experiments we provide further evidence that bottlenose dolphins can use individual identity signals + social memory to guide decision-making. Female dolphins use individual vocal labels to track coercive males | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🔊 Listen to the episode to discover how cultural transmission shapes a “music without borders. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6q5R... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #ethnomusicology #universalmusic

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Music without borders - Nori Jacoby

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🎶 From gentle lullabies to driving rhythms, music is the heartbeat of human life. Do you want to know if music is truly universal and shared across cultures? 🎤 Assistant Professor @norijacoby.bsky.social of @cornelluniversity.bsky.social is helping uncover what makes music unique and universal.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🔊 Discover how these hidden messages shape animal behavior and can change agriculture and pest management forever! 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker & Apple Podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/5GPL... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #biotremology #insects #vine #agriculture #pestmanagement

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🍂 Ever watched an insect climbing a stem in complete silence and wondered what’s happening? 🎤 In our latest episode, Ass. Prof. Rachele Nieri from the University of Trento introduces us to biotremology: how insects communicate through substrate vibrations—tiny signals like miniature earthquakes.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🔊 Discover how the vocal tract influences speech, music, and language and what it can teach us about our origins. The world has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen now on major podcast platforms: l1nk.dev/yn6zqk4 #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #vocalapparatus #animallanguage

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The architecture of voice - Tecumseh Fitch

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🗣️ From speech and song to a sudden shout, the human voice carries words, emotion, and identity. But what biological design makes it all possible? 🎤 Professor @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social explores the “architecture of sound,” revealing how vocal systems across species shape the sounds they produce.

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marcogamba.bsky.social @marcogamba.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Come out and play! Why do some societies, human and non-human, embrace playfulness among adults, while others suppress it? It is a matter of "style". doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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marcogamba.bsky.social @marcogamba.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Siamangs scream twice! Read more about rhythm in siamangs in our new paper! nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🔊 Discover how these creatures use vocal learning to stay connected. Because the world has always spoken—we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, and other major podcast platform open.spotify.com/episode/2A93...

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Do you hear the bat-signal? - Mirjam Knörnschild

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🦇 Ever caught a glimpse of a bat darting through the night with precision? What if sound is all they need to navigate and connect? 🚀 🎤 @berlinbatlab.bsky.social Mirjam Knörnschild (Evolutionary Ethology Lab, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) explores echolocation, social calls & even bat dialects.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Honored to be runner-up for Best Student Talk at #EvolangXVI 🏆✨ My work on cognitive biases in zebra finches 🐦 was a joy to share. Grateful for the inspiring discussions on linguistics, iconicity & ape vocalizations, and for all the great connections 🌍🤝 #Linguistics #CognitiveScience #AcademicLife

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🔊 Discover how technology is opening new possibilities for biodiversity conservation and nature protection. Because the world has always spoken, we just need to listen 🎧 Listen on major platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/6aNJ... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #ecosystems #machinelearning

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Listening to ecosystems - Jeppe Have Rasmussen

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🌿 Ever noticed that ecosystems are full of sounds? What if those sounds could help us count species, without even being there? 🎤 Assistant Prof. Jeppe Rasmussen (@biologen.bsky.social), University of Copenhagen, explores passive acoustic monitoring and how AI lets us “listen” to entire ecosystems.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how deeply emotions permeate communication and how recognizing these cues can change our relationship with animals. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/2JmN... #acousticworld #bioacoustics #animalemotions

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The sounds of emotions - Elodie Briefer

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🎤 Associate Professor @ebriefer.bsky.social of the University of Copenhagen is ready to help us understand the "sound of emotions," uncovering how we can measure feelings in the animal kingdom. [...]

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚋 You may have heard the trembling voice of someone anxious or the jolly tone of a friend sharing good news. Are you curious to know if animals also express their emotions through their voices? [...]

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon music #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #vocalphysics open.spotify.com/episode/0w8B...

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Harsh sounds to make it clearer - David Reby

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🎤 Prof. David Reby of the Univ. of Saint Etienne is ready to help us understand these non-linear acoustic phenomena, uncovering the secrets behind the sounds that grab our attention. 🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how these unique vocalizations are produced and what information they encode.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🎸 You may have heard a piercing scream in a horror movie or a deep growl in a metal track. Are you curious to know why these harsh sounds are so difficult to ignore?

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker, and Apple Podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3YXw...

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Chatty like a fish - Clara Amorim

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🎤 Associate Prof. Clara Amorim of the University of Lisbon is ready to help us understand the world of fish communication, unveiling how these creatures are surprisingly chatty. 🔊 Listen to the episode to discover how different species emit sounds and what their communication is about.

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🐟 You may have often heard the phrase "silent like a fish". Are you curious to know if the underwater world is actually as quiet as it seems, or if there is a secret conversation happening beneath the surface? [...] #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #fishcommunication #underwaterworld

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how fascinating and deep the research of these unbelievable birds is. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #hoovertheseal #animalcommunication

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🦜You may have heard a parrot talk or a songbird singing a beautiful song. Are you curious to know how they can do that? 🎤 Professor Emeritus Carel Ten Cate of @unileiden.bsky.social is ready to help us understand the vocal learning world, uncovering an incredible story of a particular animal. [...]

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🦜You may have heard a parrot talk or a songbird singing a beautiful song. Are you curious to know how they can do that? 🎤 Professor Emeritus Carel Ten Cate of Leiden University is ready to help us understand the world of vocal learning, uncovering an incredible story of a particular animal. [...]

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/5D6T...

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🔊 Listen to the episode to discover similarities and differences between the human and the ape world, and maybe you will even get the key to understanding what a baby’s cry may mean! #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #babycry #animalcommunication #apes

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Marco Maiolini @marcomaiolini.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

❓ Have you ever wondered if a baby’s cry means something? And do great apes have something similar? 🎤 Join us as Professor Florence Levrero of the University of Saint-Etienne casts a light on babies’ cries and great apes’ vocalization. [...]

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